Autostrada del Sole
Autostrada del Sole is a motorway road in Italy.
- Type: Motorway
- Country: Italy
- Length: 755 km
- Opened: 1964
Overview
The A1 from Milan through Florence to Naples, opened in 1964 after a decade of work through the Apennines. Called the Highway of the Sun, it stitched north and south Italy together and carried the postwar economic boom. Still the backbone of Italian motoring.
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